AR/VR
LA school district extends ClassVR deal with Avantis Education
With more than 16,000 ClassVR headsets deployed, the collaboration with Los Angeles Unified School District provides students with access to advanced VR and AR...
AR
Ed Tech
Avantis targets 50% growth for ClassVR tech in US in 2024
Following rapid growth in 2023 in the US for its VR-based EdTEch solutions, Avantis is targeting more US district-wide deals by expanding its range...
People
Avantis Education appoints new vice president of product
Manjinder Kaur, who has decades of experience in teaching and edtech, leads international development of ClassVR, the virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solution designed...
Case Studies
Pixotope provides AR and XR solutions for IPL 2024 cricket league
JioCinema, official digital partner of the TATA India Premier League, acquired Pixotope's AR/VS and XR solutions for its five green screen studios and two...
People
Kinly appoints product manager, immersive collaboration
Mark Faugstad's role as product and business development manager – immersive collaboration, will be to drive Kinly’s product innovation strategy
Case Studies
Pixotope drives ‘virtual’ Asian Games in China
Pixotope VS/AR engines were deployed in the the opening and closing ceremonies of The 19th Asian Games and The 4th Asian Para Games by...
Case Studies
Fearless Productions’ Project Chimera shines with image-based video lighting tile
Kino Flo Lighting Systems' MIMIK 120 full-spectrum, image-based video lighting tile synchronises with LED volume content to deliver "unprecedented" realism for music video
Thought Leadership
Inside Track: Amnon Harman
d&b audiotechnik CEO on industry trends, challenges and opportunities for the live events sector and where he sees the live events ecosystem heading...
Thought Leadership
Interactive tech surge: The evolution of museums
Tom Frame, head of product at Pufferfish takes a long hard look at interactive tech for the museums sector, with one eye on virtual...
Thought Leadership
Connectivity revolution: How 5G is reshaping the future of manufacturing
Dijam Panigrahi, co-founder and COO of GridRaster Inc, a leading provider of cloud-based AR/VR and 3D AI platforms, on the forthcoming 5G revolution
Thought Leadership
Immersive gains for leisure sector
Sam Dimond, founder of Spotlight Sound discusses increased focus for immersive experience-led technology within the AV world ,as well as tech driven by AI...
Case Studies
Trail Blazers become first NBA Team to broadcast AR graphics from a handheld cam
Powered by disguise, graphics bring fans live visuals, with in-depth stats and player information that looks like it’s right there on the court
Thought Leadership
Exclusive: How the evolution of UCaaS is supporting the growing collaboration needs of businesses
Wayne Gratton, chief commercial officer at Nuvias UC, on the growth of UCaaS and developments in AI and VR/AR
Thought Leadership
Designing the classrooms of the future
Kristen Garner, director of business development for education in North America at Kramer, on how educators can keep pace with today’s tech trends
Immersive tech
An enterprising year for XR
Yanna Zhu, metaverse & XR strategy specialist at BCG, reflects on the emergent metaverse and its underlying technologies in the last year, and the...
Immersive tech
Vodafone Deutschland behind 5G AR glasses experience for German opera
Augmented reality glasses will connect to the audiences' smartphones, which will use 5G to deliver the content
Ed Tech
Sony & Kramer partner to transform classroom engagement
One-Touch Teaching Solution said to reduce costs and increase efficiency for users, and combines Sony’s AR software with Kramer’s Control Solution
Museums
Shaping the future of the past through technology
New media technologies already play a part in how museums present information and design exhibits but, as Installation discovers, this is only set to...
Immersive tech
Extended Reality: From the creative arts to conferencing
Like virtual production, XR is a relatively new area of technology that is continuing to evolve rapidly. But that doesn’t mean its remarkable potential...
Immersive tech
Exclusive: What the metaverse & ‘assisted reality’ means for AV
Jon Arnold, VP of sales EMEA for RealWear Inc, discusses the tech helping to deliver the industrial metaverse
Projection
Digital Projection MLS projectors power visualisation hub
Satellite MLS systems installed for the Cylinder display, a wrap-around 3D VR experience
Immersive tech
Special report: UK University brings extended reality to life
The University of Portsmouth’s CCIXR centre is bringing world-leading XR facilities to the UK
Immersive tech
Uni of Portsmouth boosting city’s cultural economy with XR
New Enabling XR Enterprise (eXRe) project utilising £628,000 grant
Immersive tech
AR visuals create virtual competitors for new comp
Avatars created for Alter Ego, Fox’s first avatar-based, AR singing TV show
Ed Tech
Kramer and Sony collaborate on AI/AR teaching solution
Solution combines Kramer’s control solutions and other AV and management products with Sony’s Edge presentation, visualisation and analytics suite
Events & Production
A new reality for Singapore National Day celebrations
Signal and data transmission solutions from BroaMan were used for first ever augmented reality production of the Singapore National Day Parade
Retail & Hospitality
Exclusive: the power of lift and learn technology
Rachel Lloyd, head of digital at Green Room Design on the future of retail
Immersive tech
Lights, camera, XR!
Athomas Goldberg, co-founder of Shocap Entertainment, an entertainment studio specialising in live events, looks at the rise of mixed reality and virtual production
Broadcast
First human space flight celebrated in AR gala concert
Augmented reality technology from Pixotope deployed at gala concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first human space flight
Ed Tech
Special Report: How AV and VR can elevate learning experiences
AR and VR have the potential to contribute to a better distance learning experience.
Immersive tech
VR and the remote working future
Charlie Neuner, strategy, XR, PwC believes virtual reality can be effective for remote working and collaboration, with Covid-19 acting as an accelerant
Immersive tech
Extended realities
Display visuals have long been influenced by warped realities – as the Victorian’s Pepper’s Ghost trick proves – but today’s mixed reality solutions are...
Immersive tech
How VR and immersive tech can shape the post-Covid workplace
Colin Yellowley, R&D director at Igloo Vision, on 2020 and the future of working
Technology
Portsmouth Uni adds Vicon motion capture to immersive XR centre
Tech to be deployed across motion capture, VR and LED virtual production stage
Business
AR, VR, IoT, Big Data and ML; Tech trends for 2020
Shure’s senior sales director, Rob Smith discusses AR, VR, IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning and much more.
Business
XR: Enhancing workflows
"There is a big argument for bringing the analysis and evaluation of data into the visual domain"
Business
XR: Converging realities
Extended reality (XR) is becoming more widely adopted within HE and corporate institutions, and is set to transform the way students and employees go...
Business
XR: Assessing its real potential in AV
"Focus is shifting from talking about technology benefits to showing real and measurable business outcomes"
Business
XR: The state of the art
"Hardware continues to develop, and will no doubt greatly improve in the coming years, it has become less of a significant factor in VR...
Business
XR: Time for business
There’s a shift taking place in the world of XR technologies – a shift that promises to underpin accelerated growth in the market. Ian...
Case Studies
Guinness World Record awarded for largest AR screen
Activity took place in Piccadilly Circus over two weeks. It was the first time the iconic billboard has used AR technology
Technology
Ericsson report predicts Internet of the Senses is on the horizon
By 2030, technological advances will move humans from a screen-based world to sense-based world, through AR and VR technologies